Mr. Wiggins co-founded the predecessor to Stratford Land in 1983. In 1998, he was the sole founder of The Stratford Company, a land investment company, and in 2006 he founded Stratford Realty Capital, a lender on land. With over 30 years of experience in land investment and brokerage in the Sunbelt region of the United States, Phillip and his associates have brokered more than $1.5 billion of land. He has raised more than $500 million of equity for these companies through a series of real estate funds.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Phillip Wiggins graduated with honors from the University of Mississippi with a B.A. in political science and sociology. He also studied economics in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mr. Hearne joined Stratford Land in 2004 and serves as its Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.  A certified public accountant, Mr. Hearne has worked in all aspects of real estate over the past 32 years.

Prior to joining Stratford Land, Mr. Hearne worked for the DalMac Company for 24 years. At DalMac, he was first treasurer and financial analyst, responsible for development feasibility analyses, then vice president of finance, responsible for the company’s accounting and reporting activities, including 25 limited partnerships and joint ventures.  Mr. Hearne became DalMac’s chief financial officer in 1987, responsible for both construction and development. Prior to DalMac, Mr. Hearne worked for KPMG as a real estate consultant, Gerald Hines’ Sugarland Properties and an Austin-based architectural and construction firm.  A native Texan, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Drumm provides key national, regional and local market, economic and strategic insight for all aspects of Stratford Land’s investment decisions.  Mr. Drumm has over 20 years of experience in strategic market analysis, research and consulting.
   
A native of Georgia, Mr. Drumm graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate. Upon graduation, he joined Robert Charles Lesser & Company as a consultant gaining national experience in a wide range of projects including mixed-use and master-planned community feasibility, specific product investment analysis, corporate strategic planning, and portfolio work-out initiatives for public and private real estate organizations. He left in 1995 to work with developers, builders and financial institutions providing in-house research and strategic market analysis for their land acquisition, product development, strategic-planning, lending and investment decisions. He has held key research, acquisition, marketing, development and planning roles and is a full member of the Urban Land Institute.

Mr. Vest joined Stratford in 2007. His primary responsibility is directing the underwriting and due diligence research associated with the purchase of new properties.  Mr. Vest also directs land development strategies associated with governing agency entitlements, permits and approvals.

Mr. Vest has over 27 years experience as a professional engineer in private land development including master planned communities, retail, office, industrial and multifamily projects.  Prior to joining Stratford, Mr. Vest served as Vice President and Director of Engineering for Hunt Realty Corporation where he directed the underwriting, due diligence and entitlement strategy for several master planned communities in Texas and Colorado.  Prior to joining Hunt Realty, Mr. Vest was the Senior Vice President of Huitt-Zollars, a top 200 ENR engineering and architectural firm, serving as the Market Sector Leader of the firm’s Urban Development Group.  At Huitt-Zollars, Mr. Vest was responsible for the firm’s urban development projects including client development, sourcing new projects, project entitlements, development strategy and project permitting strategy.  Mr. Vest holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, California and Nevada.

Mr. Hudnall joined Stratford in 2004 and serves as Stratford’s General Counsel, responsible for handling, coordinating and delegating the legal aspects of all general real estate and partnership matters for the Company’s funds.

Mr. Hudnall has 15 years of experience in real estate law, having negotiated and closed a variety of complex real estate transactions.  Prior to joining Stratford, Mr. Hudnall was a partner in the real estate practice group of Dallas-based Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.  At Winstead, Mr. Hudnall's practice involved all facets of commercial real estate, including representation of landowners and developers in land acquisition and development, and representation of buyers and sellers in purchase and sale transactions involving retail, office, multifamily and other types of commercial property.  He has also represented landlords and tenants in all types of commercial leasing, and borrowers and lenders in connection with mortgage lending for both construction and permanent financing.  Mr. Hudnall is a Dallas native and 1990 magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University where he majored in economics and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.  He received his law degree from Vanderbilt Law School in 1994. In 2004, Mr. Hudnall was named a “Texas Rising Star” in the Texas Super Lawyers edition of Texas Monthly magazine.

Mr. Watson joined Stratford Land in 2004 as the Director of Investments for Texas.  He now oversees all Stratford land activities.  Along with the area directors, he is responsible for generating, evaluating, recommending and managing land transactions and assets within the land portfolio.

Mr. Watson has an extensive, 28 year background in the real estate industry with experience in lending, brokerage, investment, and development.  Prior to joining Stratford, he was a Development Partner and the Chief Operating Officer for The Woodmont Company, a Ft. Worth based retail developer.  In addition to his retail development experience, Mr. Watson has worked in the land brokerage industry, and conducted lending and work-outs roles for several local and national banks.  A Dallas native, Mr. Watson attended The University of Texas at Austin, receiving both a BBA and an MBA.

Steve Sanders joined Stratford in 2010 and is responsible for acquisitions in the State of Texas.

Mr. Sanders is a 26 year veteran of the real estate business most recently with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) where he was an Area Director and Senior Vice President in Austin, TX. He came to JLL after its merger in 2008 with Staubach where he was a Partner. At JLL\Staubach, Mr. Sanders focused primarily on land acquisition and disposition for corporate, educational and public sector clients including the City of San Antonio, Texas State University, The Hartford, Apple Computers, Concordia College, Cisco and Austin Community College. He also worked extensively with the State of Texas, the General Land Office and the University of Texas System. Since returning to Texas in 2001, he has brokered in excess of $175M in land transactions. Mr. Sanders has twice been recognized by the Austin Business Journal for having structured the Broker Transaction of the Year.

Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Sanders worked in development in Texas and much of the southeast US for a diversified group of developers including Partners Development, Pizzuti and Faison. As a developer, he produced over 1.8 million square feet of retail, office and industrial space. At both Partners and Pizzuti, he led the build-to suit divisions including the responsibility to acquire land in multiple markets for the purpose of development. This and other experience has given him extensive knowledge of the entitlement process as well as highest and best use analysis on a property specific basis. In addition to numerous specialty real estate related study, Mr. Sanders has a BA from the University of Texas – Arlington.

Mr. MacDonald joined Stratford Land in 2005 and is responsible for identifying, acquiring and asset managing land investments located in North and South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 

Mr. MacDonald has 16 years of experience in real estate.  Prior to joining Stratford Land, he was managing director of investments for Raleigh-based Highwoods Properties, one of the nation’s largest fully integrated real estate operating companies, responsible for the development and execution of the firm’s investment strategy.  At Highwoods, Mr. MacDonald managed over $4 billion of office, industrial, retail, multifamily and land investment activity, including $1 billion of joint venture investments with institutional partners. Prior to Highwoods, he was a real estate broker with CB Richard Ellis representing institutional owners of office buildings in leasing and investment sales transactions. Mr. MacDonald has a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University and an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business.

David Moore joined Stratford in January 2008 as Director of Investments for Georgia and is responsible for identifying, acquiring and asset managing land investments located in Georgia.

Mr. Moore graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors of Business Administration degree both in Banking and Finance and in Real Estate, and served as the President of the University’s Real Estate Society.  Upon graduation, he went to work for McColgan & Company. In 1998, he joined Hailey Realty Company, one of Atlanta’s oldest and leading commercial real estate companies, to help increase their leasing and sales of industrial and land properties.  In 2001, he received the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation from the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute.  He is also a life member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, and has served on its Technology committee, Million Dollar Club committee, and Forms committee.  As an Atlanta native, Mr. Moore has extensive knowledge of the metropolitan Atlanta area and the State of Georgia.  He has been involved in commercial real estate during the rapid growth of the Atlanta market, especially after the 1996 Olympic Games.

Mr. Cooper joined Stratford in 2006 as President of Stratford Realty Capital, LP, the company’s first lending fund offering private land finacing through a variety of loan types. 

Mr. Cooper has been active in the real estate industry for over 15 years with experience in brokerage, property management, lending and investments. Prior to joining Stratford Land, Mr. Cooper served as Vice President with First Horizon Bank and SouthTrust Bank. Subsequent to entering the financial services industry, he served as Vice President within the Brokerage Division of the Woodmont Company, a Texas-based commercial real estate firm specializing in retail development, asset management, tenant representation, brokerage, and investment sales. Mr. Cooper received a BBA from the University of North Texas with an emphasis in real estate and finance.

Ryland Lucie joined Stratford in 2010 as Director of Investments for Florida and is responsible for identifying, acquiring and asset managing investments located in Florida.

 

Prior to joining Stratford, he was a Vice President in the Acquisitions and Asset Management Groups for Greenfield Partners, a real estate private equity firm headquartered in Connecticut. His responsibilities at Greenfield included identifying new investment opportunities and strategic oversight of investments within Greenfield’s portfolio. Prior to joining Greenfield, Mr. Lucie was an Associate with Lincoln Property Company in the Multifamily Group and an Analyst with Banc of America Securities in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group. He has a BSBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Keenan-Flagler Business School and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.